Sydney,where to stay,where to drink?

[Lex]

Just looked at the website.Sadly all they advertise is wine and Champagne,not a beer mentioned anywhere.Not a good sign. :unsure:

The Royal Albert website isn't great and like tiprya said it's better to follow their twitter feed for up to date info on what's on tap.

I was in there last week and remember Feral Hop Hog, Young Henry's Natural Lager, Riverside 44, on tap, plus at least 5 others. The stand out for me though was the Wayward Brewing India Red Ale on the hand pump, delicious. There's not many pubs in Sydney with hand pumps, but they always have two on the go at the RAH.

They've also expanded the menu recently so it's not all dim sims and dumplings. Nice range of burgers, pulled pork etc now... If you haven't been you're missing out.

 

[redbeard]

Royal Albert is really good but also really small, so dont tell too many friends ok <wink>. Macquarie Hotel has recently been sold, so Im guessing the Sydney Brewery beers *might* reduce whats on tap, but I dont know the exact details. The Sydney Brewery aka Scwhartz is moving to Newie/Hunter Valley RSN. They will still be distributed in Syd but Im not aware of the details, they currently have a number of Mercure etc hotels. The brewery itself is suppose to be physically moving this month out of Macquarie & into bigger building up nth, which they desperatley need.

The Lord & Harts are still good venues also. LocalTaphouse usually has a good range but bring a few extra $$$ Also the RedTape Brewhouse? on Darling Harbour aka Blue Tongue aka Squires is now brewing its own ales and has reasonable pints of other craftbrews.

 

[Pickaxe]

East Sydney hotel in wooloomooloo, only place to.get. a Guinness in Sydney, lord nelson in the rocks, good micro from when I went a fewp years.back. tap house in darling harbor, but that was a few years ago, good Czech cafe in kings cross down a lane off where they.offer smack and whores, lowenbrau in the rocks.is overpriced, better get the ferry to manly, check out the coral.as others have said, bit rough to be honest.
Good micro near central. Wyentworth ave. Good ttappist on tap. Can't remember the name.

 

[Pickaxe]

Excuse typos, on phone...

 

[Toper]

The Royal Albert was tops,great beer and food plus knowledgable staff.If I lived here it'd be a regular for sure :super: